Mumbai 9th Nov 2017:
Any organic gardener will know that trying to grow healthy roses can be a tricky affair! Roses, although beautiful, is a sensitive flower which can succumb to all manner of pests and diseases. To cope up with this trauma of seeing your little, pretty plant dying Dr. Vikas Mhaskar from Mumbai, a seasoned Surgeon and a veteran horticulturist from distant suburb Kalyan seeked to organic rose gardening some 30 years back. His tryst with the nature has today made him a renowned rosarian after having produced 1500 rose plants and 550 varieties of roses at his farmhouse 'Babanchi Baug' at Viswa Resort, Murbad. Titled after his Father and Guru Late Gopalrao Mhaskar, who introduced him to rose farming. The farm though, is purely used for educational purpose. A move beyond the farmhouse, the qualified rosarian, having won and judged various state and national rose competitions; and after knowing the advantages of growing ROSES by "ORGANIC WAY", is ready with his maiden Coffee Table Book 'Domestic Rose Growing - The organic way'!, which will be launched this Sunday by the hands of Hon. Minister of State Ravindra Chavan. Smt. Varsha Usgaonkar and Mr. Thipse. Past president - All India Rose Federation at a grand event and dignitaries from various fields in the presence of several experts from the Rose fraternity at K.C. Gandhi School auditorium at 10.30 AM.
The aim of this coffee table book is to share his EXPERIENCES of rose growing/cultivating, by only practicing the "ORGANIC WAY", and for the “KING OF FLOWERS”, to give, the pleasure for many years.
"The book shares secrets of growing roses in an organic way' by simple methods which are readily available at anyone's house. Having organised more than 20 ROSE SHOWS where thousands of ROSES were displayed for public at large to enjoy; alongwith my wife Dr. Meghana Mhaskar, who is an expert in FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS (General, Ikebana (Japanese Style arrangements). Together we have conducted several flower arrangement demonstrations at various venues", shares writer Dr. Vikas Mhaskar. He further adds, "To increase the awareness- I daily displayed "A DIFFERENT VARIETY OF ROSE" from our ROSE GARDEN (BABANCHI BAUG) at VISAWA RESORT (www.visawaresort.com) at Saralgaon, Murbad, Dist. Thana, Maharashtra on our Face book account. At VISAWA, we have so far enjoyed more than 650 varieties of ROSES, which is totally non-commercial".
"To make the topic of Organic Rose Growing more interactive I adapted myself to "WHATS APP" by creating a group of "ROSE LOVERS" across the country having, more than 150 active members, where I regularly give tips on "DOMESTIC GROWING of ROSES—THE ORGANIC WAY". The discussions here are dedicated only on ROSES. All members here are requested to bring in their friends, and share the information on this wall. This way the knowledge of "GROWING ROSES BY THE ORGANIC WAY" will spread to masses. MY ONLY & ONLY WISH IS—that maximum folks should get THE PLEASURE OF "THE KING OF FLOWERS“, and no one should step back or be afraid of growing a ROSE. This book will be a ready recokner to all those hearts who wish to create more of such beauties".
The Book, 'Rose Growing - The organic way'! published by Blue Rose Publications will be available on Amazon, Flipkart, Shop Clues and more from 15th Nov 2017.